; floppy_boot.asm ; A simple legacy boot sector example to read a sector from floppy and jump to it. ; ; To assemble with NASM: nasm -f bin floppy_boot.asm -o floppy_boot.bin ; To write to a floppy image (e.g., in a VM): dd if=floppy_boot.bin of=floppy.img bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc org 0x7C00 ; Boot sectors are loaded at 0x7C00 BITS 16 ; We are in 16-bit real mode start: jmp short setup_segments ; --- Data --- ; These are placeholders for a typical boot sector. ; In a real scenario, you'd have more data here, including a Partition Table. OEM_ID db "MSWIN4.1" ; OEM ID BytesPerSector dw 512 ; Bytes per sector SectorsPerCluster db 1 ; Sectors per cl...
eventually i will post my new boot code here, but really? - all you need to do is ask gemni or various other bots questions about how to create boot code, and / or give example code!
im wondering if the "FAT" (file allocation table) is even needed for a non DOS o/s... it might have been needed way back when, but i bet its not needed now. it might never have been needed.
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